- “Definitely not a Republican wave, that’s for darn sure,” Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said as the results came in.
- Several key Senate seats Republicans hoped to flip, including in New Hampshire and Washington went to incumbent Democrats.
- Republican J.D. Vance won a convincing decision over Rep. Tim Ryan, but that was a seat the GOP had to win because it was vacated by retiring Republican Rob Portman.
